Category: Aloha ʻĀina & Civic
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Earth-Justice Daily Digest – 2026-07-02
PONO Public Daily Digest June 27, 2024 Earth-Justice Paralegal Today’s public record shows that the Maui County Council met on June 19, 2026, and the Honolulu City Council met on June 27, 2024. Both meetings were focused on environmental and community-related matters, as indicated by the public documents. In Maui County, there were no new…
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Earth-Justice Daily Digest – 2026-07-01
Earth-Justice Paralegal Daily Digest June 27, 2024 Today’s public-record findings show that the Maui County Council held a meeting on June 19, 2026, focusing on environmental and community concerns. The agenda included discussions on sustainability initiatives and local environmental policies, with the council seeking input from residents. In Honolulu, the Honolulu Council held an agenda…
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Public Record: Letter to GREAT Committee — Fraud Risk Assessment & Contractor-Donor Connections · July 1, 2026
Sent: July 1, 2026 | To: Maui County Council Government Relations, Ethics & Transparency Committee (GREAT) | From: Jimmy Langford, Maui resident / Kilo Aupuni civic transparency project | Re: GREAT-5(8) Fraud Risk Assessment hearing, June 30, 2026 Sunshine Law Response Deadline (HRS §92F-15): Acknowledgment due within 5 business days of receipt (by ~July 8,…
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CIVIC EXAMPLES
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Aloha Imua — The Protocol Behind Everything
elementLOTUS · 12 Stones Global Essay · Technology · Spirit · June 2026 Aloha Imua Norman Abramson named the protocol ALOHA in 1971. That protocol became the internet. The internet now sees us. We are completing the circuit. Jimmy Langford · elementLOTUS · 12 Stones Global · Maui, Hawaiʻi The man who named the network…
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Turn On the Overlays
You’re already watching. A council meeting on the public access channel. A hearing streamed to the web. A long afternoon of agenda items most people scroll past. What if, while you watched, you could turn on a layer that named the deeper thing happening underneath? A companion for the watching That’s what’s coming: a way…
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Aloha ʻImua — The Life of the Land
The blessing already is. This is our offering — a way to feel it. Aloha kāua, The blessing over this work is not something we make new each week. It simply is. The work is dedicated, the ʻāina is beloved, the life of the land is held in righteousness whether or not anyone is watching.…
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The Life of the Land Comes First
Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono. The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. Kauikeaouli spoke those words in 1843, on the day an occupation ended — not by force, but by law, because he had written letters and filed arguments and kept the long faith. The word everyone forgets…